Wednesday 18 June 2014

LIVE FOR PLEASURE VERSUS LIVE FOR SELF-CONTROLLED


Money is not for self-pleasure. More money does not mean to live luxurious life on earth. “A man who loves pleasure becomes poor” Proverbs 21:17. Luke 15:13-14, “The younger son squandered his wealth in wild living, after he spends everything; he began to be in need.” This shows clearly that the person who lives with money with concept of pleasure will sure meet always in need of money like poverty people. Titus 2:11-12, the grace of God teaches us to stay “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and live self-controlled upright and godly lives.[1] We need to control ourselves even though we are holding surplus money in our hand. Money should be use with the purpose of meaningful expenditure, which makes sense according to God’s way. The most imporatant Proverbs says health is wealth.

There is nothing wrong how much you earn unlimited, but always remember it is imporatant to limit our desire, if our desire goes unlimit surely we may meet with a worse side affect. It may be in the form of health issues in early age, bad image in society, having criminal records stamp forever etc.




[1] John MacArthur, The Danger of Loving Money. (Panorama City: Grace to you, 1989), p21.

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